Java Application Architect
Chandler, AZ - Need onsite day 1, hybrid 3 days from office.
Position type: W2 contract.
Job Description
We are looking for a highly experienced Java Application Architect III to lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of our enterprise‑scale API gateway platform. This role is ideal for a technically deep engineer with extensive hands‑on experience in API and gateway solutions, combined with strong architectural influence, standards enforcement, and best‑practice guidance across multiple teams.
Responsibilities
* Define and enforce API design standards, including RESTful principles, versioning, error handling, and backward compatibility.
* Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable, secure, and observable API gateway solutions supporting high‑throughput, business‑critical services.
* Drive the evolution of API management practices, including onboarding governance, lifecycle management, deprecation, and retirement strategies.
* Implement and optimize gateway functionalities such as routing, transformation, traffic management, authentication, and policy enforcement.
* Develop automation scripts and operational workflows using Python to improve platform reliability and efficiency.
* Design and implement automated API testing frameworks covering functional, integration, regression, and performance validation.
* Ensure comprehensive observability through metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and SLO‑driven monitoring.
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including application developers, security, and operations to align architecture with organizational standards.
* Mentor engineering teams, influence technical decisions, and shape platform‑level improvements and best practices.
* Integrate API gateways with enterprise identity providers and security platforms, ensuring compliance and security.
Requirements
* Hands‑on experience designing, building, and operating API platforms or gateway solutions in production environments.
* Deep expertise in API design: RESTful APIs, versioning, backward compatibility, and error‑handling patterns.
* Strong experience with security protocols such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, and API key management.
* Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in high‑throughput, distributed systems.
* Advanced proficiency in Java, with experience in API, gateway, or service‑oriented architectures.
* Strong Python skills for automation, tooling, and operational workflows.
* Extensive experience with designing and implementing automated API testing (functional, integration, regression, performance).
* Expertise in observability and telemetry, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and SLO‑driven monitoring.
* Hands‑on experience with Git, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
Preferred, But Not Required
* Experience with enterprise‑grade API gateway platforms such as Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, or AWS API Gateway.
* Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, including onboarding, governance, versioning, deprecation, and retirement at scale.
* Practical experience defining and enforcing traffic management and security policies like rate limiting, throttling, quotas, and request/response transformations.
* Familiarity with service mesh, ingress controllers, or edge routing technologies and their integration with API gateways.
* Experience integrating APIs with enterprise identity providers and security platforms.
* Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies for API gateway configurations.
* Exposure to performance/load testing to validate scalability, resiliency, and failure handling.
* Strong architectural mindset with the ability to identify systemic risks and drive platform‑level improvements.
* Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing cross‑team technical strategies.
* Excellent collaboration skills across application, platform, security, and operations teams.
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Chandler, AZ - Need onsite day 1, hybrid 3 days from office.
Position type: W2 contract.
Job Description
We are looking for a highly experienced Java Application Architect III to lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of our enterprise‑scale API gateway platform. This role is ideal for a technically deep engineer with extensive hands‑on experience in API and gateway solutions, combined with strong architectural influence, standards enforcement, and best‑practice guidance across multiple teams.
Responsibilities
* Define and enforce API design standards, including RESTful principles, versioning, error handling, and backward compatibility.
* Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable, secure, and observable API gateway solutions supporting high‑throughput, business‑critical services.
* Drive the evolution of API management practices, including onboarding governance, lifecycle management, deprecation, and retirement strategies.
* Implement and optimize gateway functionalities such as routing, transformation, traffic management, authentication, and policy enforcement.
* Develop automation scripts and operational workflows using Python to improve platform reliability and efficiency.
* Design and implement automated API testing frameworks covering functional, integration, regression, and performance validation.
* Ensure comprehensive observability through metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and SLO‑driven monitoring.
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including application developers, security, and operations to align architecture with organizational standards.
* Mentor engineering teams, influence technical decisions, and shape platform‑level improvements and best practices.
* Integrate API gateways with enterprise identity providers and security platforms, ensuring compliance and security.
Requirements
* Hands‑on experience designing, building, and operating API platforms or gateway solutions in production environments.
* Deep expertise in API design: RESTful APIs, versioning, backward compatibility, and error‑handling patterns.
* Strong experience with security protocols such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, and API key management.
* Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in high‑throughput, distributed systems.
* Advanced proficiency in Java, with experience in API, gateway, or service‑oriented architectures.
* Strong Python skills for automation, tooling, and operational workflows.
* Extensive experience with designing and implementing automated API testing (functional, integration, regression, performance).
* Expertise in observability and telemetry, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and SLO‑driven monitoring.
* Hands‑on experience with Git, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
Preferred, But Not Required
* Experience with enterprise‑grade API gateway platforms such as Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, or AWS API Gateway.
* Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, including onboarding, governance, versioning, deprecation, and retirement at scale.
* Practical experience defining and enforcing traffic management and security policies like rate limiting, throttling, quotas, and request/response transformations.
* Familiarity with service mesh, ingress controllers, or edge routing technologies and their integration with API gateways.
* Experience integrating APIs with enterprise identity providers and security platforms.
* Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies for API gateway configurations.
* Exposure to performance/load testing to validate scalability, resiliency, and failure handling.
* Strong architectural mindset with the ability to identify systemic risks and drive platform‑level improvements.
* Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing cross‑team technical strategies.
* Excellent collaboration skills across application, platform, security, and operations teams.
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Java Application Architect in chandler at Unknown Company
This position is listed as contract and hybrid.